Wahyu 2:9

2:9 ‘I know the distress you are suffering ¹  and your poverty (but you are rich). I also know ²  the slander against you ³  by those who call themselves Jews and really are not, but are a synagogue ⁴  of Satan.

Wahyu 9:2

9:2 He ⁵  opened the shaft of the abyss and smoke rose out of it ⁶  like smoke from a giant furnace. The ⁷  sun and the air were darkened with smoke from the shaft.

Wahyu 9:15

9:15 Then ⁸  the four angels who had been prepared for this ⁹  hour, day, ¹⁰  month, and year were set free to kill ¹¹  a third of humanity.

[2:9]  ¹ tn Or “know your suffering.” This could refer to suffering or distress caused by persecution (see L&N 22.2).

[2:9]  ² tn Because of the length and complexity of this Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation by supplying the phrase “I also know” to link this English sentence back to “I know” at the beginning of the verse.

[2:9]  ³ tn The words “against you” are not in the Greek text, but are implied.

[2:9]  ⁴ sn A synagogue was a place for Jewish prayer and worship, with recognized leadership (e.g., Mt 4:23, Mk 1:21, Lk 4:15, Jn 6:59).

[9:2]  ⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[9:2]  ⁶ tn Grk “the shaft,” but since this would be somewhat redundant in English, the pronoun “it” is used here.

[9:2]  ⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[9:15]  ⁸ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

[9:15]  ⁹ tn The Greek article τήν (thn) has been translated with demonstrative force here.

[9:15]  ¹⁰ tn The Greek term καί (kai) has not been translated here and before the following term “month” since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.

[9:15]  ¹¹ tn Grk “so that they might kill,” but the English infinitive is an equivalent construction to indicate purpose here.